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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang(2005) – Amidst the various Jason Friedberg/Aaron Seltzer monstrosities we see nowadays that pass for parody (Any movie with a [Genre] Movie title and a couple others) it’s easy to forget there is such a thing as AFFECTIONATE parody. Something that aims to deconstruct, while as the same time pay loving homage … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on July 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Bad Teacher (2011) — The following article originally appeared on 12ftdwende.com on 24 June 2011. The 1994 Jim Carrey film The Mask introduced the world to a hot young bombshell named Cameron Diaz. She was in a few more movies (my favorites being Danny Boyle’s A Life Less Ordinary and her cameo in Fear and … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 13, 2012 · 1 Comment
Slasher flicks thrived in the 1980s but a couple years into the 1990s the horror genre was in a noticeable decline. A screenwriter named Kevin Williamson decided that he wanted the final word on the slasher subgenre. He wrote a screenplay that was simultaneously a parody of and loving tribute to classic flicks like Halloween … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Idle Hands (1999) – This article was originally publiced on 12ftdwende.com on 10 June 2011 as part of a feature called “Guilty Pleasures.” As you may have noticed once or twice I will often point out the many flaws of a movie, sometimes going as far as to even call it a bad movie, then go … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on October 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment
So Halloween is upon us and this year it occurred to me that I had only seen half of the Halloween films. I decided to rectify that this year. Halloween (1978) You know I kind of go back and forth on Halloween. I last saw it in 2009 and thought that while good it was … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 